It seems that Apple can do everything right and the analysts and bloggers will find reasons to be negative. If Apple would in fact reduced the numbers of iphones in their pipeline, like Samsung has had to do with the S4, they would claim that is the end of the world for Apple. But as you can see, they are pretty quiet about Samsung numbers. Especially when you never really know what Samsung numbers are since they only release shipped.

Here we have the most successful tech company, making money in every area, with a market share that is very sustainable for their product line, and TV talking heads are askiing wether Apple is not releasing enough products. If they would, the answer from all the lemmings would be, Apple dropped quality for quantity. Apple cannot win in this game because Wall Street has turned on Apple. A SEC investigation is in order. When you reprint, or make claims that you know to be false and it manipulates the market, all investors, except the ones you know, lose money.

It is a possibility that Apple share price could drop to $200 dollars due to all this irresponsible writing and analysis, and still be the most profitable company in their field. Now, how would you explain that except by following the money? When the Wall Street Journal writes and print articles that are known to be false, who is hurt, who profits, and where is the SEC?
Love to see a new regulation where bloggers and analysts are fined for knowingly, which they have been doing regularly about Apple news, write false information and never recant what they wrote.
Wouldnt be fun to see Apple go private? Just a dream fellows, just a dream!

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Chris Dieterich has covered the U.S. stock market for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires. He is a graduate of Regis University and the Missouri School of Journalism.